Scott A. Wright Providence College School of Business Marketing Department 107 Koffler Hall Providence, RI 02918 Phone: (401) 865-2660 Fax: (401) 865-2978 s.wright@providence.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT August 1 st, 2012 Present Assistant Professor of Marketing Providence College, Providence, RI EDUCATION Ph.D. in Marketing, 2012 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH. B.A.in Marketing, 2004 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA. RESEARCH INTERESTS Consumer judgment and decision processes, with specific emphasis in the areas of inference, naïve theories, and ethics. Related areas include construal level theory and sustainability. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS R. Kardes, If it Tastes Bad it Must Be Good: Consumer Naïve Theories and the Marketing Placebo Effect, International Journal of Research in Marketing, (forthcoming). Wright, Scott A., John B. Dinsmore, and James J. Kellaris (2013), How Group Loyalties Shape Ethical Judgment and Punishment Preferences, Psychology & Marketing, 30(3), 203-210. Wright, Scott A., Chris Manolis, Drew Brown, Xiaoning Guo, John Dinsmore, C.-Y. Peter Chiu, and Frank R. Kardes (2012), Construal-Level Mind-sets and the Perceived Validity of Marketing Claims, Marketing Letters, 23(1), 253-261. RESEACH UNDER REVIEW Wright, Scott A., and Frank R. Kardes. Leveraging Construal Level Theory to Attenuate the Social Desirability Bias, Under review at the Journal of Marketing Research Dinsmore, John B., Scott A. Wright, Riley G. Dugan, and Frank R. Kardes, Price Fairness and The Placebo Effect in Marketing, Under review at Psychology & Marketing.
RESEACH IN PROGRESS Wright, Scott A., Joshua J. Clarkson, and Frank R. Kardes, The Role of Omitted Product Information on Consumer Satisfaction, target journal: Journal of Consumer Research Wright, Scott A., Chris Manolis, and Frank R. Kardes, What Really Makes Us Happy? The Effect of Product Type on Consumption Experiences, target journal: Journal of Consumer Research Wright, Scott A., What a Mess! The Effect of Disorganization on Preferences for Boundaries, target journal: Journal of Consumer Research Wang, Xin, Scott A. Wright, Ashley Otto, and Frank R. Kardes, The Evolution of Consumer Psychology: A Publication Analysis, target journal: Journal of Consumer Psychology Hernandez, José Mauro da Costa, and Scott A.Wright. Fit Effects in Advertising: The Moderating Roles of Appeal Type, Construal Level, and Temporal Framing on Appeal Persuasiveness, target journal: Journal of Advertising Hernandez, José Mauro da Costa, and Scott A.Wright. Advertisement Skepticism and Brand Extension Evaluation, target journal: Journal of Advertising Dinsmore, John B., Riley G. Dugan, Scott A. Wright, and Inigo O. Arroniz, Free Is Just Another Word for Something Else To Lose: The Perception of Nonmonetary Prices, target journal: Marketing Letters REFEREED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS Wang, Xin, Xiaoqi Han, and Scott A. Wright (2013), The Effect of Tenure Confidence on Job Satisfaction Among Untenured Faculty. Proceedings of the American Marketing Association. [best track paper award] Wright, Scott A. (2012), Using Construal-Level Theory to Deter Social Desirability Responding, in Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 39, eds. Duluth, MN: Association for Consumer Research. R. Kardes (2012), Effects of Set Size, Scarcity, Packaging, and Taste on the Marketing Placebo Effect, in Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 39, eds. Duluth, MN: Association for Consumer Research. Dinsmore, John B., Scott A. Wright, Riley G. Dugan, and Frank R. Kardes (2012), Price Fairness and the Placebo Effect. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Atlantic Marketing Association. Wright, Scott A., John Dinsmore, Xiaoning Guo, James J. Kellaris (2011), Biasing Effects of Group Affiliation on Ethical Judgment. Proceedings of the American Marketing Association.
Wright, Scott A., Xiaoning Guo, Chris Manolis, Andrew Brown, John Dinsmore, Tarryn E. Williamson, Xiaoqi Han, and Frank R. Kardes (2011), The Illusory Truth Effect: No Repetition Necessary. Proceedings of the Society for Consumer Psychology. Dinsmore, John, Scott A. Wright, Xiaoning Guo, James J. Kellaris (2011), Recession, Financial Hardship, and Ethical Judgment: Do Tough Times Beget Tough Judges? Proceedings of the American Marketing Association. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Wang, Xin, Xiaoqi Han, and Scott A. Wright (2013), The Effect of Tenure Confidence on Job Satisfaction Among Untenured Faculty. Competitive paper, American Marketing Association Winter Marketing Educators' Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. Wright, Scott A. (2012), Using Construal-Level Theory to Deter Social Desirability Responding. Competitive paper, Association for Consumer Research, Vancouver, BC. R. Kardes (2012), Effects of Set Size, Scarcity, Packaging, and Taste on the Marketing Placebo Effect. Competitive paper, Association for Consumer Research, Vancouver, BC. Dinsmore, John B., Scott A. Wright, Riley G. Dugan, and Frank R. Kardes (2012), Price Fairness and the Placebo Effect. Competitive paper, The Atlantic Marketing Association. Williamsburg, VA. Wright, Scott A., Xin Wang, and Xiaoqi Han (2011), The Effect of Tenure Confidence on Job Satisfaction Among Junior Marketing Faculty. Competitive paper, Society for Marketing Advances, Memphis, Tennessee. Wright, Scott A., John Dinsmore, Xiaoning Guo, James J. Kellaris (2011), Biasing Effects of Group Affiliation on Ethical Judgment. Competitive paper, American Marketing Association Summer Marketing Educators' Conference, San Francisco, California. Wright, Scott A., Xiaoning Guo, Chris Manolis, Andrew Brown, John Dinsmore, Tarryn E. Williamson, Xiaoqi Han, and Frank R. Kardes (2011), The Illusory Truth Effect: No Repetition Necessary. Competitive paper, Society for Consumer Psychology, Atlanta, Georgia. Xiaoning Guo, Scott A. Wright, John Dinsmore, and James Kellaris (2011), "The Effect of Mortality Salience on Materialism: The Moderating Role of Regulatory Focus." Poster presentation, Society for Consumer Psychology, Las Vegas, Nevada. Dinsmore, John, Scott A. Wright, Xiaoning Guo, James J. Kellaris (2011), Recession, Financial Hardship, and Ethical Judgment: Do Tough Times Beget Tough Judges? Competitive paper, American Marketing Association Summer Marketing Educators' Conference, San Francisco, California.
Wright, Scott A., Chris T. Allen, and Frank R. Kardes (2010), Online Videos: What is Their Potential to Persuade? Poster presentation, Society for Consumer Psychology, San Diego, California. Wright, Scott A. (2010), Creating and Codifying an Industry Glossary. Special Session, 2010 National Signage Research and Education Conference (NSREC), Cincinnati, Ohio. TEACHING EXPERIENCE PROVIDENCE COLLEGE (4.7/5.0) Marketing Research, Fall 2012 (4.7/5.0). Marketing Capstone (Sections I & II), Spring 2013. Buyer Behavior, Spring 2013. UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (7.3/8.0) Marketing Research, Winter 2011 (6.3/8.0), Winter 2012 (7.3/8.0). Buyer Behavior, Summer 2010 (7.6/8.0), Fall 2011 (7.3/8.0). Communications for Managers II, MBA (Invited Evaluator), Autumn 2011, Spring 2012. Purchasing Behavior (Teaching Assistant), Winter 2010. HONORS AND AWARDS Best Paper Award, Marketing Education Track, American Marketing Association (Winter, 2013). AMA Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow (2011). GSGA Presenter Conference Travel Award (CTA) Recipient (2011, 2010). Siddall Conference Travel Award Recipient (2011), University of Cincinnati. Kelly Siddall Fellowship (2008-2012), University of Cincinnati. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Associate, Forrester Research Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 2007- July 2008. Senior Research Specialist, Forrester Research Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 2005 - September 2007. Gold Intern, The Gillette Company (Procter & Gamble) Boston, Massachusetts, May 2003 September 2003. Research Assistant, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, May 2002 September 2002.
AFFILIATIONS SERVICE Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP). Association for Consumer Research (ACR). The American Marketing Association (AMA). American Psychological Association (APA). Reviewer: Marketing Letters, Journal of Business Ethics, Association for Consumer Research (ACR), American Marketing Association (AMA), Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP) Providence College Marketing Department Scribe (2013-Present). University of Cincinnati Marketing Department Subject Pool Coordinator (2011-2012). Student Facilitator - 2010 National Signage Research and Education Conference (NSREC). Panel Member University of Cincinnati College Conduct Hearing Panel (2010). University of Cincinnati Fragrance Panel Facilitator (2008-2012), Coordinator (2012). Vice President (2010-2011) of the Graduate Student Business Association (GSBA), University of Cincinnati. Secretary (2009-2010) of the Graduate Student Business Association (GSBA), University of Cincinnati.